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BAD KLEINKIRCHHEIM
TOURIST OFFICE
Bad Kleinkirchheim A-9546,
Carinthia-Austria
Telephone: (43) 4240/8212 Fax: (43) 4240/8537
URL: bkk.at
Email: info@badkleinkirchheim.at
Carinthia
Welcome to Austria's sunniest region—the Nockberg Mountains
and Bad Kleinkirchheim, noted spa town. It's an ideal place to come for
a family vacation filled with all kinds of sports activities. Right in
the homeland of famous Olympic downhiller Franz Klammer, you'll find 100km
(62 mi) of groomed ski runs. Spas and hotels offer thermal treatments,
wellness benefits and all-around relaxation.
For business, BKK specializes in organizing package-deals and offer personalized
incentives to accommodate any need.
Elevation: Base/Village: 1,100 m (3,608 ft); Top: 2,055 m (6,742 ft)
Vertical: 1,364 m (4,475 ft)
Terrain: 100 km (62 mi) of runs; 11% beginner, 78% intermediate, 11% expert. Open slope off-piste skiing on the Nockalm, above the picturesque village of St. Oswald/Bad Kleinkirchheim
Lifts: 25
Types: 4 gondolas, 6 chairlifts, 15 T-bars, plus 7 children’s lifts
Ski Season: Beginning December-Early April
Cross Country: 16 km (10 mi) locally and 42 km (25 mi) in surrounding area
Ski School: 4 schools, 70 instructors
Other Winter Activities: Curling; bowling; hiking; horse drawn sleigh; horseback riding; ice skating/ natural; indoor swimming; indoor tennis; solarium; sauna; tobogganing; spa; squash; indoor shooting range; billiards; snowboarding, hockey, hot air balloon rides
Après-Ski: Bars, discos, folklore evenings
Child Care: Kindergarten and kid's ski schools available per day or week, with or without lunch
Lodging: 7,200 beds; hotels, inns, pensions; 199 apartment houses
Transportation: Gateway Airport: Frankfurt; to Klagenfurt via Austrian Air Lines
Closest Provincial City: Klagenfurt (31 mi)
By Train or Bus from airport: Munich and return—3 times daily to Spittal to Bad Kleinkirchheim
By Train: From Klagenfurt to Spittal—4 times daily, then change to bus to Bad Kleinkirchheim
Best Deal: Bad Kleinkirchheim ALL INCLUSIVE — A Bad Kleinkirchheim "All-inclusive Vacation" means being able to take advantage of all facilities—spas, lifts for both skiing and trekking, tennis and guided excursions. The offer is very clearly stated when you book your stay in one of the hotels participating in this all-inclusive program and there is a wide range of choices from the 5-star luxury hotel to the simple but comfortable guest-house.
Rates: See Rates section
Spotlight On Bad Kleinkirchheim(Originally written for OnTheSnow.com) |
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Bring your ambition and your ailment to Bad Kleinkirchheim and go home a new person. That’s the kind of promise built into the offerings of this pretty resort in southern Austria. BKK, let’s call it that, is a spa in Carinthia, the state that borders on northern Italy and Slovenia. You can ski until your thighs burn and rejuvenate later in a thermal pool, either a public one or in your hotel. But it’s not a place for anybody who screamed for the EPA when he discovered radon gas in his New Jersey basement. Radon is in these pools, but vacationers here, as well as European doctors and insurance companies, attribute great healing powers to the gas. They say radon has a short half life, leaves the body early without harming it, and cures a lot of ills on its journey. At the least, it is soothing to bathe in warm water, indoors or out, after coming off the slopes. Guests with kids can find places to be more active with water games. The skiing terrain here has 56 miles of groomed trails, all but 11 percent of them classified as beginner or intermediate. Yet there is an impressive vertical drop of nearly 4,500 feet and a FIS run two-and-a-half miles long that is named after native son Franz Klammer, hero of the 1976 Olympics in Innsbruck. Twenty-five lifts include surface, chairs and gondolas. Advanced skiers and snowboarders can find plenty of off-piste routes. Snowboarders also have a halfpipe. Cross country skiers lope along on many miles of loops through the picturesque countryside. One loop is at high altitude. Winter wanderers have 24 miles of paths. Other available winter sports include tobogganing, ice skating, and parasailing. As in most year-round resorts, particularly spa towns, name your indoor activity and you can have it. Hotels range from elegant to simple and are listed by type: family, sport, business, and wellness. Skiers can find reasonable half-board arrangements (under $100) in attractive four-star hotels. The resort of Bad Kleinkirchheim is about as far away from the usual gateways to Austria as one can get. But frequent train and bus service is available. Some skiers choose to connect via Austrian Airlines to Klagenfurt, capital of Carinthia, only 31 miles away. |
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